Pentagon Says Airstrike Killed Terror Leader In Somalia

A Pentagon official says the U.S. killed a senior leader of the Al-Shabab extremist group in an airstrike last week in Somalia.

The December 2 strike that killed the three was announced Monday by Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis.Davis identified the targeted Al-Shabaab senior leader as Abdirahman Sandhere (ab-deera-mon sond-heer) and said he is also known as Ukash.

Davis also said the U.S. has confirmed that a Nov. 13 airstrike killed a senior Islamic State leader in Libya known as Abu Nabil. U.S. officials had said shortly after the attack that Nabil likely had died.

By coincidence, that airstrike happened just as the Paris terrorist attacks were underway. Al-Shabaab, an Islamic extremist group, is responsible for numerous attacks in East Africa, particularly Kenya.

The development comes less than 24 hours after Al-Shabab foreign fighter has reportedly surrendered himself to Somali government.

American born believed to have been fighting alongside Al-Shabab fighters, has given himself up in government officials in Barawe town.

Barawe district commissioner, Hussein Mohamed Barre has disclosed the surrender of the man.

“We caught a man whose body complexion was white with a long beard. Upon interrogating him, he told us that he had escaped from Al-Shabaab and was willing to surrender to the Somali Government. He has identified his nationality as an American citizen.”

AP and Goobjoog news